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Copywriting Interview With Joseph Ratliff, Part II 6

Jul

28

2011

Here’s part II of my interview with Joseph Ratliff. What is the biggest mistake you’ve ever made in your copywriting business? That is an excellent question Stephen, and I’ve made only one (LOL, kidding). My biggest mistake was in my early days, I was an “order taker” for my clients. They had a project, and ...

Copywriting Interview With Joseph Ratliff, Part I 3

Jul

27

2011

Local marketing is all the rage lately. Strangely enough, I’ve never written copy for someone in my city. The closest was across the river in Portland, OR a handful of times. So when I got the chance to interview Joseph Ratliff I seized it. I know he has experience working both local and global. And ...

Happy St. Patricks Day, Get Your Pot Of Gold

Mar

17

2011

Every now and then I sign up for one of those “Free Product” giveaways you might hear about. It goes something like this… give us your email address and we’ll let you download $43,879 worth of Internet marketing training, free! Most of the products are pretty basic. A lot of them aren’t worth the time ...

A Clever Copywriting Business 5

Feb

9

2011

Ryan Healy writes about business growth and copywriting at his blog. We first ran in to each other many years ago when I was publishing something called the “Green Watermelon Digest.” Here’s a snap shot: Ryan left a comment yesterday and I promised to feature it in a blog post. That’s all it took to ...

SecretSalesWeapon.com Has A New Owner!

Feb

7

2011

Looks like the Green Bay Packers aren’t the only ones celebrating today, we’ve got a winner! And it was close. I stated last Monday we needed to have 20 comments. And this morning we were at 19. It’s important when you run a contest that you stick to your guns. No matter how much I ...

Win A Free Domain Name 47

Jan

31

2011

Update: We’ve got 14 comments with about 36 hours to go. We need to hit 20 for me to give away the domain, so lets add to the pot. The winner will also get his choice of either copywritingden.com (aged 4 years, expires in April) or 7copysins.com (aged 4 years, expires in March), OR these ...

Happy Hour Friday 10/15/10 1

Oct

15

2010

Still feels like I got a ways to go before it’s the weekend for me. Gotta finish a project and do my last workout of p90x week 10. So still work for me, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get started. Here’s your Friday Happy Hour. Great Twitter Follow: Keith Baxter (@KeithBaxter) – Keith Baxter ...

Copywriting Research Tools For Any Market 3

Oct

13

2010

Recently I was privy to a conversation from a perspective client who had some questions about hiring a copywriter. They asked… “Will he know how to write specifically for my audience?” The answer is almost always “Yes.” My job as a copywriter is to find out who your ideal customer is and discover what makes ...

Buy My Business

Oct

5

2010

I hope I don’t regret this. It’s spring fall cleaning time and your chance to catch a bargain. Over the last few months I’ve been busy writing copy and writing software. The software is taking my business in a slightly new direction. So I want to shed a few parts of my business that no ...

Copywriting FEVER

Sep

23

2010

Ever had copywriting fever? That’s what I’ve had over the last several months as I’ve been putting out a ton of copy, both for myself and multiple clients. My keyboard is Hot, HOt, HOT! Not only have I been writing like crazy, I’ve also been plugging away at some new software projects that will be ...